ODESSA, UKRAINE - AUGUST 26 2004: Pictured is 13 year
old Yana, she is HIV + ve and very ill. Her body is covered in sores and
abscesses, . Yana died on the streets of Odessa at Christmas time in 2004.
Yana lived with a group or 'family' of street kids in Odessa, Ukraine. At
this time Yana and the other kids lived in a derelict shed in the city's
central Pioneer Park. They spend every conscious moment craving an injection
of home made Trifed or Effidrine. There were about 20 kids in the group who's
ages range from 6 to 17 years. A small local organisation called the Way Home
has been trying to have the kids tested for HIV. Alarmingly of those tested
75% are +ve.
